About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Hampton Pirates football, Hampton Pirates men's basketball coaches, Hampton University alumni, Hampton University faculty, Booker T. Washington, Samuel C. Armstrong, Wanda Sykes, Septima Poinsette Clark, Robert Sengstacke Abbott, Percy Sutton, Virginia Lacy Jones, Kay Coles James, Spencer Overton, Bobby Collins, John McLendon, Lawrence S. Wittner, Ted Thomas, Sr., Alberta Williams King, Mary S. Peake, Tony Brown, Steve Merfeld, A. S. "Doc" Young, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Bruce Rader, Wyvetter H. Younge, Jerome H. Holland, Charles Phillips, Spencer Christian, Drew Berry, Tishaura Jones, Emancipation Oak, St. Clair Drake, Glen J. Smith, Charles Wesley Turnbull, Tony Atwater, Dois I. Rosser Jr., Samella Lewis, Al Eisenberg, Douglas Harold Palmer, Ruth E. Carter, John H. Sengstacke, Kevin Nickelberry, Charity Zormelo, Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute, Mary Elizabeth Carnegie, Isaac Fisher, Mamye BaCote, Robin R. Sanders, Algie Howell, James Russell III, Vanessa Gilmore, M. Carl Holman, Benjamin Brown, Dennis Conley, WHOV, Armstrong Stadium, Edward Joyner, Derrick Baskin, Angela Burt-Murray, Brown Cottage. Excerpt: Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915. Representative of the last generation of black leaders born in slavery, he spoke on behalf of the large majority of blacks who lived in the South but had lost their right to vote. While his opponents called his powerful network of supporters the "Tuskegee Machine," Washington maintained his power because of the sponsorship of powerful whites, widespread support within the black business, educational and religious communities nationwide, his ability to raise large amounts o...
